Hello, friends in this article I explained the top 5 best books for highway engineering as per my point of view. Also, I give a review of this highway engineering reference books, why these books are best. So read full article. I hope by reading this article your confusion is clear about best highway engineering books.
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Best Books for Highway engineering
Highway engineering by khanna and justo
Highway Engineering by L.R.kadiyali
Transportation Engineering by C. Venkatramaiah
Highway Engineering by Rangwala
Highway Engineering by D.R.Phatak
1. Highway Engineering by Khanna & Justo
It is one of the best books for highway engineering which is provided by Indian authors. Most of the colleges and university recommended this book. It is a great book that fulfill all content of highway engineering with full description.
This book shall be useful for BE/B-TECH or ME/M-TECH students. This book also includes the content of Traffic engineering which is absolutely great because some universities recommended traffic engineering and teach with highway engineering subjects.
Content of highway engineering by khanna & justo
INTRODUCTION
HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT AND SURVEYS
HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
HIGHWAY MATERIALS
DESIGN OF HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
SOIL STABILIZED ROADS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
HIGHWAY DRAINAGE
HILL ROADS
ROAD SIDE DEVELOPMENT
HIGHWAY ECONOMIC AND FINANCE
Pros
Cons
Best book for highway engineering recommended by all university and colleges.
All topics clear and explain in details.
Easy to Understand (not complicated in understanding)
Book include all type of numerical.
Books published by Indian authors
Including traffic engineering
Less price.
Less images
Not included colourful images
Book size is small
Not easy in reading
2. Highway Engineering by L.R.kadiyali
It is also one of the best books for highway engineering which is also published by Indian author and publication. Book publish by khanna publication and author of this book is Dr. L.R. Kadiyali. Best book for highway engineering including all content of highway engineering.
This book of Highway Engineering shall be useful for B. E. /B. Tech and M.E/M. Tech students of Civil Engineering. It shall also be useful for practicing Engineering and designers.
TYPES OF PAVEMENTS FACTORS GOVERNING PAVEMENT DESIGN
PAVEMENT MATERIALS
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
RIGID PAVEMENTS
SOIL STABILISATION
GRANULAR SUB-BASES, BASES SURFACE COURSES
BRICK, STONE CEMENT CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENTS
HILL ROADS
RURAL ROADS (LOW VOLUME ROADS)
URBAN ROADS
EXPRESSWAYS
TOLL ROADS
DESERT ROADS
ROADS IN SWAMPY WATER-LOGGED AREAS IN BLACK COTTON SOILS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY
ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMING MANAGEMENT
HIGHWAY DRAINAGE
CROSS-DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
ROAD ACCIDENT HIGHWAY DESIGN
ROAD SIGNS
ROAD MARKINGS
RAFFIC SIGNALS
HIGHWAY SAFETY APPURTENANCES
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
PAVEMENT EVALUATION
OVERLAY DESIGN CONSTRUCTION
USE OF GEOSYNTHETICS
ENVIRONMENTAL, L AND SCAPING ARBORICULTURE
AIRPORT ENGINEERING
Pros
Cons
Best book for highway engineering recommended by most of university and colleges.
All topics of highway engineering as well as airport engineering explain in details.
Easy to Understand (not complicated in understanding)
Book include all type of numerical.
Books published by Indian authors
Includes Airport engineering
Less images
Not included colourful images
High price compare to Khanna and justo
Not included Traffic Engineering
Not easy in reading
3. Transportation Engineering by C. Venkatramaiah
Transportation Engineering by C. Venkatramaiah volume-1 is the best books for highway engineering. Volume-1 of this book is especially for highway engineering which is including all highway engineering syllabus with full details.
The book is published by an Indian author. C. Venkatramaiah has over four decades of teaching experience in a wide variety of subjects in civil engineering. He retired as a professor of civil engineering from S V University College of Engineering, Tirupati.
He obtained his BE degree from Andhra University, MSc (Engineering) from Madras University, and PhD from IIT Madras. He has authored books in the areas of geotechnical engineering, surveying, engineering mechanics and structural analysis.
Content of Transportation Engineering by C. Venkatramaiah volume-1
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT AND SURVEYS
GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
HIGHWAY INTERSECTION
HIGHWAY MATERIAL
HIGHWAY PAVEMENT DESIGN
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE
HILL ROADS AND SPECIAL ROADS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT AND ARBORICULTURE
HIGHWAY ECONOMICS, FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION
Pros
Cons
Best book for highway engineering recommended by Civil Engineering Web
All topics of highway engineering as well as Traffic engineering explain in details.
Easy to Understand (not complicated in understanding)
Book include all type of numerical.
Book include all highway test details as per I.S.Codes
Books published by Indian authors
Includes Traffic engineering
Easy in reading
Less images
Not included colourful images
Not included Prctical field images
High price compare to other publisher
4. Highway Engineering by Rangwala
Highway engineering by Rangwala is also the best books for highway engineering published by charotar publishing houses. This is also published by an Indian author. It fulfills all content of highway engineering.
All topics of highway engineering explain in details.
Easy to Understand (not complicated in understanding)
Book include all type of numerical.
Books published by Indian authors
Appendix Given
Less Price
Less images
Not included traffic engineering
Not included Prctical field images
Not easy to read
5. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING BY D.R.PHATAK
Highway engineering by D.R.Phatak is also one of the best books for highway engineering which is published by nirali publication. This book also includes all content of highway engineering including traffic engineering. This book is not suggested by any university or college then many people prepare for highway engineering exam by this book.